Purchase of New Dunhill (Whitespot) Concerns and Questions
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A fine choice, that was the first Canadian I bought.
The official Savinelli site has a list of all available shapes with pictures: I think that's one of the best places to look if you're discovering shapes you'd possibly like. I feel a lot of people ignore that page and look only at resellers which can really limit the models you look at before buying.
Why would anyone buy a Dunhill when for the same price you could get a hundred corn cobs pipes and and some costumes and pretend to be Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer or a civil war soldier? Dunhill smokers are dumb and have no imagination. How awesome would it be to dress up like Gen MacArthur and say " I will return! " every time you leave a room? You can't do that with a Dunhill, you'd look like a duffus.
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Cool. More dunhill vitriol. Let me grab some popcorn. Oh, and corncobs suck.
Excuse me? Corn cobs do NOT suck! In fact, there is no better way to announce to the world that you might be open to marrying a first cousin than smoking a cob buddy. Can’t do that with your fancy Dunhill. Well, unless you are a royal.
I've been watching "The Crown", so now I'm an expert on the monarchy. I learned that Queen Elizabeth only smoked Dunhills and wouldn't be caught dead with a cob. That's good enough for me.
Yes, we are! But don't worry... They don't understand because they see price while we see the value.
When I look at them, I remember why I'm the most satisfied dumb in the world!
*Brobs, close your eyes! You're not ready for this...
I wasn't saying there isn't any difference but to say Dunhill's is more "classical" than any other is a misnomer.
and if you like Dunhills I am not saying never to buy one.. I just want to advise new people who have never bought one and with no experience with one that they are going to overpay. That's all. Not that they are a bad pipe by any means, just not worth their premium pricetag.
@forciori if I didn't know a thing about Dunhills or pipes I would never think those are the best in the world. You are partly biased by your fondness for the brand, as are all fans of any brand.
Maybe slightly off topic, but am I the only one who finds the Dunhill/Peterson vitriol to be comparable to the long simmering Harley Davidson/BMW conflict... ? IE the good natured, your brand sucks mine is better contests?
I was thinking more of Glock vs HK or Sig Sauer
Pipe smoking is a pleasure, and if Dunhill/White Spot is part of that pleasure for you, I say enjoy them. Even if I had the discretionary spending, the pricing as compared to a number of other excellent factory pipes and especially handmade pipes, would steer me away from them. In any case, as a matter of history, remember that the French were the ones to adopt briar as a primary tobacco pipe material, and most of the classic shapes were borrowed from the French by the English, so you can get much of that tradition (and more in some cases) with French pipes at distinctly better prices. Though I have some well-loved English pipes --- though no Dunhill/White Spots -- when I want to delve deeply in tradition, I go with my French pipes, where it all started.
It’s kind of like that but in the end both brands smoke where as with the BMW vs HD argument, the BMW never smokes. It just runs with that oddly opposed twin quite sound for hundreds of thousands of miles while the Harleys smoke, lose oil and leave stains in the drive way while their owners looks like 4th graders playing dress up after a Harley store threw up on them. (We get it, you own a Harley and want the world to know you are a bad ass even though half of you work for corporate America and do accounting. Seriously guys, enjoy your bike but there is no need for you ALL to look like you belong to the Harley branded Mickey Mouse club. You are adults. It’s embarrassing)
Yeh, I have a neighbor who got a Harley, and within a week, he had a jacket that made him look like he was in a gang. I walked over to check out his bike. He was looking and acting all tough in front of a couple of other dweebs wearing the same jacket. They started talking tough guy shit, and I just laughed and reminded him that when his wife gets scared about something maybe in their yard, she calls me, instead of waking up Captain Harley here, haha.
get what you like. You're the one that's going to have to enjoy it after all. Though it's funny there always seems to be a brand or two that people insist is the pipe which always leads to disappointment. Locally 20 years ago all the pipe smokers insisted that you needed to get a Peterson because after seeing how good that is you'd never want to smoke your others pipes again. Lots of people dreamed of this magical smoker and then where dispointed to find out that all they bought was a very good pipe that smokes well. But if something really speaks to you it will smoke better just because something about love garners more attention and care.
it's funny I work with lots of rustic folks that people would think would act all tough, nope super nice mostly gentle people if rough around the edges (swearing and stuff like that, can talk about smart people subjects but have to ask what the hell that word meant etc...)and yeah a few ride Motor bikes. It's the guys in the office that seem to think your choice of vehicle is all you need to be a bad ass. Often they'll have tough guy sayings or images all around their desks as if that is a sign of having some personality and usually will express a sentiment that they couldn't survive if it was actually part of their reality (if that makes sense). Just something I've found funny. Then again most of the tough guys I know don't really have to spend money advertising it.
YMMV. I would agree, if only you could buy affordable new French or other pipes with at least stems like Dunhill’s. Today most stems on ‘affordable’ pipes, from most manufacturers, are either too fat or made by LEGO. Indian pipes are perhaps the most traditional and authentic
Smoking Pipes visited the London factory last year and blogged about it here. Looks like it was very much in operation.
well of course there are no cars there, gnomes aren't allowed to drive. And all of English manufacturing is done by gnome or elves. Or at least that is the rumor I'am trying to spread, just for fun.
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